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Category: Cryptocurrency

Cryptocyrrencies Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, dogecoin with trditional money. Photo: iStock
Posted inCryptocurrency

Why cryptocurrencies crashed, what it could mean

by Gavin Brown Richard Whittle and Stuart Mills May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

If you had invested US$122 in the cryptocurrency Luna a month ago, you might have been quietly confident you’d made a sensible bet. But Luna’s value has since fallen drastically – at the time of writing, that $122 is worth about 5 cents. Luna was by no means the only victim in a week where […]

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As cryptocurrencies crash, stablecoins battle on

by Stephen McKeon May 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Posted inCryptocurrency

Bitcoin ban could backfire on Pakistan

by FM Shakil January 18, 2022January 22, 2022
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Quantum hackers can bring down Bitcoin: expert

by David P. Goldman December 2, 2021December 6, 2021
Posted inCryptocurrency

What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value? Good question

by John Hawkins November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
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US crypto promoter pleads guilty to advising North Korea

by AT Contributor September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
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Chinese fugitive Guo’s firms to pay $539mn fines

by AT Contributor September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
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Kazakhstan, US attract crypto-miners from China

by Beiyi Seow, Daniel Hoffman and Christopher Rickleton June 25, 2021June 25, 2021
Posted inCryptocurrency

Behind China’s crypto crackdown

by AT Contributor June 22, 2021June 23, 2021

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